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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical majors who live in Pennsylvania.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Pennsylvania.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 4 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90800 | 0.9353 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6600 | 39100 | 0.8321 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins University | 6800 | 88600 | 0.9231 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 10 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 12 | Princeton University | 8100 | 81800 | 0.9008 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 8800 | 95000 | 0.9072 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon University | 10700 | 86800 | 0.8771 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 20 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 84800 | 0.8598 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 34000 | 0.6407 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 22 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95000 | 0.8706 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 24400 | 0.4759 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 27 | University of Pennsylvania | 12900 | 92700 | 0.8609 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13200 | 30700 | 0.5697 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2353 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 33 | Bowdoin College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
| 33 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23600 | 0.4031 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 35 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14600 | 24900 | 0.413 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14600 | 23600 | 0.3811 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 40 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 15500 | 36500 | 0.5749 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 41 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 43 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3925 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 44 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 44 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2916 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 46 | University of Arizona | 16100 | 30900 | 0.4797 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 47 | California State University Maritime Academy | 16600 | 53300 | 0.6889 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
| 48 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 49 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17000 | 23100 | 0.2639 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 50 | Northeastern University | 17100 | 89900 | 0.8101 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 51 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 52 | Tufts University | 17800 | 92400 | 0.8077 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 53 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4794 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 55 | Centre College | 18100 | 70100 | 0.742 | 1,356 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
| 56 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18500 | 78300 | 0.7638 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 57 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 58 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3404 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 58 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 29200 | 0.3497 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | Youngstown State University | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3375 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 63 | Wayne State University | 19700 | 32300 | 0.3906 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 64 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20100 | 24500 | 0.1792 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 67 | Lehigh University | 20400 | 84700 | 0.7592 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 68 | Western Michigan University | 20700 | 32300 | 0.3592 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 70 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 71 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 21000 | 69400 | 0.6978 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 72 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 72 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 30400 | 0.2985 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 72 | University of Rochester | 21300 | 93100 | 0.7714 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 75 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 76 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 77 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 80 | Hendrix College | 23800 | 51900 | 0.5416 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
| 81 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3357 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 82 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24000 | 71600 | 0.665 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 83 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 84 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24600 | 39900 | 0.3836 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0771 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31400 | 0.2038 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 86 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 89 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52300 | 0.518 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 91 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 42000 | 0.3876 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 92 | Villanova University | 25800 | 87800 | 0.7064 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 93 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5488 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 95 | Lamar University | 26800 | 37700 | 0.2888 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 95 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 30800 | 0.1292 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 97 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 98 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 27200 | 39500 | 0.3117 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 99 | Susquehanna University | 27500 | 76800 | 0.6424 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 100 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2406 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 100 | University of Tulsa | 27800 | 62700 | 0.5569 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 102 | Bucknell University | 28000 | 87500 | 0.6804 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 103 | California State University-Long Beach | 28100 | 38400 | 0.2686 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 103 | University of Louisville | 28100 | 42200 | 0.3339 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 105 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 107 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28900 | 42000 | 0.3112 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 28900 | 55800 | 0.4822 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 111 | Michigan Technological University | 29000 | 34700 | 0.1643 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 112 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 113 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 114 | Lincoln Memorial University | 30100 | 44900 | 0.3293 | 1,668 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
| 114 | University of South Alabama | 30100 | 35000 | 0.14 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 116 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30200 | 52900 | 0.4293 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 117 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 118 | San Jose State University | 30400 | 41000 | 0.2583 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 119 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 120 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30700 | 33100 | 0.0726 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 121 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 123 | Rider University | 31800 | 64300 | 0.5053 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 124 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 126 | Widener University | 32500 | 74900 | 0.5652 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 127 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32600 | 39900 | 0.1829 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 127 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32600 | 38500 | 0.1533 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 129 | University of Dayton | 32900 | 64100 | 0.4867 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 129 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33200 | 54600 | 0.3917 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 136 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 137 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 137 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 139 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 140 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 141 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35700 | 43500 | 0.1794 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 142 | University of Maine | 36100 | 45100 | 0.1996 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 143 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 144 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 144 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36400 | 38700 | 0.0595 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 144 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0539 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37200 | 46700 | 0.2034 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 148 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 148 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 151 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 152 | Kettering University | 38400 | 66900 | 0.426 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 152 | University of New Haven | 38400 | 64900 | 0.4081 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 154 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 154 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 157 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2626 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 157 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 160 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 161 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 162 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 164 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 165 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40600 | 56700 | 0.284 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 40800 | 82600 | 0.5059 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 168 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 169 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54900 | 0.2261 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 170 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 52900 | 0.1909 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 171 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 172 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43900 | 50300 | 0.1273 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 173 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 174 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 175 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46500 | 48000 | 0.0312 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 176 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 177 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 178 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48400 | 85700 | 0.435 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 179 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 180 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 181 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50100 | 56400 | 0.1116 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 182 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 81000 | 0.3763 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 184 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 185 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52500 | 56100 | 0.0637 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 186 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 187 | University of California-Irvine | 55100 | 64800 | 0.1496 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 188 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 189 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 190 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58800 | 60900 | 0.0341 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 192 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 193 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.